Our Favorite External Resources
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Information for Stanford University’s Integrative Design for Radical Energy Efficiency course lectures comes from a wide variety of sources. Each has its own perspective, motivation, methodology, definitions, units, and necessary caveats. Getting accurate data is often quite difficult. It’s important to check the fine print and notes to know what assumptions were made. We cite our data sources to the greatest extent possible.
The resources below are some of our favorites. Many of them have a U.S focus. We think you will find them helpful for exploring energy topics beyond what you find here on our website.
Integrative Design and Systems Thinking
- RMI Integrative Design ROI Report
- Donella H. Meadows
- David Peter Stroh Systems Thinking For Social Change
- Derek Cabrera and Laura Cabrera Systems Thinking Made Simple
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
- Peter Stasinopoulos et al. Whole System Design: An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Engineering
- Stanford Building Decarbonization Learning Accelerator
- Asknature (an excellent resource for biomimicry)
Energy Efficiency Organizations
- Energy Efficiency Global Alliance (International)
- Energy Efficiency Movement (International)
- European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) (Europe)
- American Council for an Energy Efficiency Economy (ACEEE) (U.S.)
- Alliance to Save Energy (U.S.)
- Energy Efficiency Alliance (Mid-Atlantic) (U.S.)
- Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA) (U.S.)
- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) (U.S.)
- Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) (U.S.)
- South-central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource (SPEER) (U.S.)
- Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (U.S.)
- Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) (U.S.)
All Energy (International)
Clean Energy (International)
- Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21)
- World Resources Institute WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition
- International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
- Nat Bullard Annual Presentation on Decarbonization
- Ember
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- World Nuclear Association
- Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability Visualizing Energy
- Carbon Tracker
- Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC)
- RethinkX Energy
- Ken Butti and John Perlin A Golden Thread
- John Perlin Let it Shine